ive been a fan of the daily show for quite a while now. jon stewart had cracked me up since before he had a late night show on fox. i remember when the daily show was hosted by craig kilborn and it wasnt really that fun. but jon stepped in and over the years has become great. i watch it everyday and really enjoy his humor and observations even though i have very different political views than him.i remember a particular sketch they had from time to time called stephen vs steven where stephen colbert would argue with steven correl. each time they would devolve into childish name calling and yelling. it was so funny.
as much as i like the daily show, i think i actually like the colbert report better! the humor is amped up to 11. colbert totally makes fun of his opinions and makes himself into a parody of all the stupid talking heads on the other news shows. its really great stuff. i love his "the word" each day. one of the funniest things is when he goes over to the table to talk with his guest, he does like a victory cheer with fists pumped in the air. sort of a 'im awesome and the guest is no where near as cool as me!' dance. priceless. another great part is the "get to know your representative" feature where he highlights one representative a week (there are 435 in all). i think the best episode so far was the one with jeff daniels. stephen kept asking him questions about his hometown, even asking him which local paper he read, and what he felt of the local resolution to raise funds for a local group. it was really funny.
the daily show and the colbert report are two really great shows, and a perfect hour of televison for those who want to pretend to be current with the days events.
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